Chapter 3
*Kate and Lizz enter *
Lizz: We're back!
Kate: We KNOW you missed us!
Lizz: Now, I know you think we're going to begin to tell you about how the Lord of the Rings characters aren't ours but Reowyn and Andtauriel are.
Kate: Guess what? You were RIGHT!
Lizz: As much as we would like to own Legolas………
Kate: and Frodo!
Lizz: Yeah, and bigfoot, we don't. Lord of the rings is just……..not ours. * sniff*
Kate: WHAT?!??!?!?!
Lizz: However, Reowyn and Andtauriel are strictly OURS!!!!!
Kate: * fumes*
Lizz: ehhh…..*backs up * I think we should let you get on with the story. BYE!
Kate: * chases Lizz around with a sword*
In the dark woods, shrouded in mist, with a crescent moon looming overhead, two dark figures hid in a tree, watching over The Fellowship. One was Andtauriel, the small lady of the forest, the other Reowyn. Reowyn was a tall, black hared, Elfish girl. At the age of six her parents abandoned her. They were runaways who had opposed Sauron and were escaping to save their child. They knew she would be safer alone in the woods than with them on their quests to stop evil. So she raised herself in the woods on the outskirts of an Elfin town. She watched the children in their schools through windows, and the warriors practicing for battles. From this she learned the ways of archery, swordsmanship, and a few languages. Despite limited education, she was clever.
Reowyn and Andtauriel had been watching these new people. There were eight, though a ninth was mentioned. There were two men, Boromir and Aragorn, a Dwarf, Gimli, four hobbits, Sam, Merry, Pippin, and Frodo, and an elf, Legolas. They had learned a great deal about them in a short period of time. They had found out why they were there….they were on their way to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. And they knew a little bit about each of their personalities. Reowyn was especially impressed with Legolas, though she said nothing to Andtauriel. Her friend didn't seem to think that much of these newcomers to her forest.
"Reowyn." Whispered Andtauriel. "I'm going over to the river to see if there are any attackers. I will return here by morning. I trust that you can take care of
yourself."
"You worry to much" mumbled Reowyn, who was gazing upon the strangers and trying to figure things out.
"Well, you're not cautious enough. Very well. Oh, by the way Reowyn, you have a stick in your hair."
Saying not another word, Andtauriel climbed out of the tree and ran off to the river. Reowyn took the stick out of her hair and was about to throw it to the ground when she heard some noises from below. She gently put the stick down and peered through
the branches.
Bellow, five orcs were quietly approaching the spot where the group was sleeping. Each pulled out a sword and was prepared to attack. Reowyn gasped and reached for a thick vine. It stretched to the other tree where she and Andtauriel had tied it so they could easily swing back and forth. There were several of these throughout the Shadow-wood, so they could get from place to place quickly.
She saw the orcs moving closer. One orc raised its sword above Legolas, about to swing. With a quick grab she took the vine and swung down, knocking the orc above
Legolas over into the tree. This distracted the other orcs and they went to attack her. Reowyn jumped from the vine and took out her sword.She slayed the first orc easily, then two others. The next one, though, was larger than the other two. It had strong armor everywhere but the head, so she aimed at its eye. The huge orc dodged the shot with ease and grabbed her sword. With one powerful swipe, he swung the sword down. She managed to move enough so it didn't chop her in half, but inthe process the sword made a gash on her leg. She screamed and fell over, waking the fellowship. Legolas, Boromir, Aragorn and Gimli leaped up and began to fight off the orcs. They seemed unaware of the young girl on the ground. The four hobbits took out swords for protection, but let the others do the fighting.
In less than two minutes, the orcs were gone. The four hobbits went back to lying down, as did Gimli. Boromir, Legolas, and Aragorn loomed over Reowyn."Who are you, what are you doing here?" asked a glaring Boromir.Reowyn stuttered, trying to explain.
"I…….I was over in a tree watching and I saw these…..those th-things and so i…."
Boromir interrupted.
"Watching? From a tree?" he turned to the other two. "She's a spy! I say we kill her."
Boromir raised his sword above the white faced girl. Aragorn snatched it out of his hand.
"Hold on, we don't know that." He said calmly.
"Why else would this girl be in a tree watching us? Kill
her and be done with it!" Boromir grabbed his sword back from Aragorn and prepared again to kill Reowyn.
"Wait!" yelled Legolas. He pointed at her. "Look, at her
ears. She's an elf." Boromir grabbed Reowyn by her arm and pulled her up. He
looked at her ears, then at her bow and arrows.
"The bow and arrows are Elfish too" pointed out Aragorn. He put his hand on her shoulder. She shivered and looked at him with eyes like saucers.
"Don't be afraid girl." Said Legolas. "Come with us, we
won't hurt you."
Reowyn hesitated. I don't know these people yet. She thought. But…the man Aragorn and the elf seem to be friendly enough…all right I'll trust them. And anyway, I can't run, my leg hurts too much. Reluctantly she went with them down to the camp, where they sat her on a rock. Legolas took out some herbs from a bag and put them on the cut. Then Aragorn went about bandaging them. Boromir shot an untrusting look at the girl, then fell asleep with the others.
Aragorn finished bandaging Reowyn's leg.
"How much does it hurt?" he asked.
"It feels more numb than painful now…thank you." She replied at a whisper. Legolas was curious about her, as was Aragorn. In unison they asked,
"Who are you?"
With more confidence than before, she told them,
"My name is Reowyn. I'm an elf, as you noticed, and I grew up in the wild. I'm here just because its somewhere to be, no other reason. I'm with a friend but she is off somewhere. I was honestly not trying to spy on you, but we were very curious about you. Andtauriel, my friend, said we should watch you and find out if you're dangerous before we do anything. As for the part with the orcs, I saw them attacking your group. The one above Legolas was swinging to strike, so my first action was to help. I swung down on that…" she motioned to a branch "and knocked it. Then I tried to fight them……….but that big one got my sword and cut me. Then you guys came……..and I guess that's it." When she had finished she looked curiously at both of them, wondering what they would do.
"Well, I find no harm in her." Legolas began. "And she is an elf, we Elves are against the Dark Lord, not with him. I think we should trust this girl and let her come with us."
"I agree." Aragorn turned to Reowyn and said, "Unless you decide otherwise, we would much like for you to join us. Are you any good at fighting?"
"Yes….." she replied "I can shoot a bow and use a sword just as well as any other elf of my age."
Satisfied, Legolas and Aragorn grinned and welcomed her. Then they made a spot for her to sleep, between the two of them for safety. Without anymore fears, Reowyn fell asleep.
*Kate and Lizz enter *
Lizz: We're back!
Kate: We KNOW you missed us!
Lizz: Now, I know you think we're going to begin to tell you about how the Lord of the Rings characters aren't ours but Reowyn and Andtauriel are.
Kate: Guess what? You were RIGHT!
Lizz: As much as we would like to own Legolas………
Kate: and Frodo!
Lizz: Yeah, and bigfoot, we don't. Lord of the rings is just……..not ours. * sniff*
Kate: WHAT?!??!?!?!
Lizz: However, Reowyn and Andtauriel are strictly OURS!!!!!
Kate: * fumes*
Lizz: ehhh…..*backs up * I think we should let you get on with the story. BYE!
Kate: * chases Lizz around with a sword*
In the dark woods, shrouded in mist, with a crescent moon looming overhead, two dark figures hid in a tree, watching over The Fellowship. One was Andtauriel, the small lady of the forest, the other Reowyn. Reowyn was a tall, black hared, Elfish girl. At the age of six her parents abandoned her. They were runaways who had opposed Sauron and were escaping to save their child. They knew she would be safer alone in the woods than with them on their quests to stop evil. So she raised herself in the woods on the outskirts of an Elfin town. She watched the children in their schools through windows, and the warriors practicing for battles. From this she learned the ways of archery, swordsmanship, and a few languages. Despite limited education, she was clever.
Reowyn and Andtauriel had been watching these new people. There were eight, though a ninth was mentioned. There were two men, Boromir and Aragorn, a Dwarf, Gimli, four hobbits, Sam, Merry, Pippin, and Frodo, and an elf, Legolas. They had learned a great deal about them in a short period of time. They had found out why they were there….they were on their way to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring. And they knew a little bit about each of their personalities. Reowyn was especially impressed with Legolas, though she said nothing to Andtauriel. Her friend didn't seem to think that much of these newcomers to her forest.
"Reowyn." Whispered Andtauriel. "I'm going over to the river to see if there are any attackers. I will return here by morning. I trust that you can take care of
yourself."
"You worry to much" mumbled Reowyn, who was gazing upon the strangers and trying to figure things out.
"Well, you're not cautious enough. Very well. Oh, by the way Reowyn, you have a stick in your hair."
Saying not another word, Andtauriel climbed out of the tree and ran off to the river. Reowyn took the stick out of her hair and was about to throw it to the ground when she heard some noises from below. She gently put the stick down and peered through
the branches.
Bellow, five orcs were quietly approaching the spot where the group was sleeping. Each pulled out a sword and was prepared to attack. Reowyn gasped and reached for a thick vine. It stretched to the other tree where she and Andtauriel had tied it so they could easily swing back and forth. There were several of these throughout the Shadow-wood, so they could get from place to place quickly.
She saw the orcs moving closer. One orc raised its sword above Legolas, about to swing. With a quick grab she took the vine and swung down, knocking the orc above
Legolas over into the tree. This distracted the other orcs and they went to attack her. Reowyn jumped from the vine and took out her sword.She slayed the first orc easily, then two others. The next one, though, was larger than the other two. It had strong armor everywhere but the head, so she aimed at its eye. The huge orc dodged the shot with ease and grabbed her sword. With one powerful swipe, he swung the sword down. She managed to move enough so it didn't chop her in half, but inthe process the sword made a gash on her leg. She screamed and fell over, waking the fellowship. Legolas, Boromir, Aragorn and Gimli leaped up and began to fight off the orcs. They seemed unaware of the young girl on the ground. The four hobbits took out swords for protection, but let the others do the fighting.
In less than two minutes, the orcs were gone. The four hobbits went back to lying down, as did Gimli. Boromir, Legolas, and Aragorn loomed over Reowyn."Who are you, what are you doing here?" asked a glaring Boromir.Reowyn stuttered, trying to explain.
"I…….I was over in a tree watching and I saw these…..those th-things and so i…."
Boromir interrupted.
"Watching? From a tree?" he turned to the other two. "She's a spy! I say we kill her."
Boromir raised his sword above the white faced girl. Aragorn snatched it out of his hand.
"Hold on, we don't know that." He said calmly.
"Why else would this girl be in a tree watching us? Kill
her and be done with it!" Boromir grabbed his sword back from Aragorn and prepared again to kill Reowyn.
"Wait!" yelled Legolas. He pointed at her. "Look, at her
ears. She's an elf." Boromir grabbed Reowyn by her arm and pulled her up. He
looked at her ears, then at her bow and arrows.
"The bow and arrows are Elfish too" pointed out Aragorn. He put his hand on her shoulder. She shivered and looked at him with eyes like saucers.
"Don't be afraid girl." Said Legolas. "Come with us, we
won't hurt you."
Reowyn hesitated. I don't know these people yet. She thought. But…the man Aragorn and the elf seem to be friendly enough…all right I'll trust them. And anyway, I can't run, my leg hurts too much. Reluctantly she went with them down to the camp, where they sat her on a rock. Legolas took out some herbs from a bag and put them on the cut. Then Aragorn went about bandaging them. Boromir shot an untrusting look at the girl, then fell asleep with the others.
Aragorn finished bandaging Reowyn's leg.
"How much does it hurt?" he asked.
"It feels more numb than painful now…thank you." She replied at a whisper. Legolas was curious about her, as was Aragorn. In unison they asked,
"Who are you?"
With more confidence than before, she told them,
"My name is Reowyn. I'm an elf, as you noticed, and I grew up in the wild. I'm here just because its somewhere to be, no other reason. I'm with a friend but she is off somewhere. I was honestly not trying to spy on you, but we were very curious about you. Andtauriel, my friend, said we should watch you and find out if you're dangerous before we do anything. As for the part with the orcs, I saw them attacking your group. The one above Legolas was swinging to strike, so my first action was to help. I swung down on that…" she motioned to a branch "and knocked it. Then I tried to fight them……….but that big one got my sword and cut me. Then you guys came……..and I guess that's it." When she had finished she looked curiously at both of them, wondering what they would do.
"Well, I find no harm in her." Legolas began. "And she is an elf, we Elves are against the Dark Lord, not with him. I think we should trust this girl and let her come with us."
"I agree." Aragorn turned to Reowyn and said, "Unless you decide otherwise, we would much like for you to join us. Are you any good at fighting?"
"Yes….." she replied "I can shoot a bow and use a sword just as well as any other elf of my age."
Satisfied, Legolas and Aragorn grinned and welcomed her. Then they made a spot for her to sleep, between the two of them for safety. Without anymore fears, Reowyn fell asleep.